GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 715

Short Title:      Universal Pre-K.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Brockman, Ball, Cunningham, and Lofton (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

April 3, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds to expand access to children in this state seeking to participate in the north carolina prekindergarten (nc pre‑k) program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, the sum of thirteen million three hundred thousand dollars ($13,300,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025‑2027 fiscal biennium to provide funds for slots to expand access for a child in this State seeking to participate in the North Carolina Prekindergarten (NC Pre‑K) program.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.